Lessons examining the War of Independence including causation (why was the war fought) and methods (how was the war fought) and consequences (why did the British lose).

Lesson examining the growth of the USA

Lesson examining the original 13 colonies and the road to revolution

Lesson examining the fate of those captured and sold as gladiators...walkthrough the experiencce of gladiators, encouraging pupils to discuss and ask questions (empathy).

Lesson examining how Rome expanded from a city to an empire while re-affirming skills of chronology.

Lesson examining Roman food - I prepared the food on the Roman recipe sheet for pupils to try with some hilarious results!

Lesson examining Roman mythology and the family tree of gods and goddesses.

Lesson examining education in Roman times - lesson started worked well with pupils, convincing them their curriculum was going to change.

Lesson examining different aspects of the Roman Army and why it was such an effective fighting machine.

Lesson examining the origins of Rome asking pupils to complete a cartoon storyboard of the myth behind the foundation of Rome (Romulus and Remus).

Lesson examining the roe of the Medieval Church in people's lives compared to its role today including the duties of priests, and examining doom paintings.

Lesson examining medieval life in England using market stall/walk about talk about activity (kinaesthetic learning) and encouraging pupils to engage in peer teaching.

Lesson examining how democratic Britain was in the 19th century using living graph activity and peer assessment.

Resources used for a lesson examining different interpretations of the Munich Agreement - developing skills of source analysis

Lesson examining terror and intimidation in Nazi Germany comparing Germany to a police state. How did Hitler maintain control of people?

Lesson examining economic disaster and hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic encouraging pupils to examine source evidence to explain the impact of hyperinflation on German society.

Lesson examining the Battle of Stalingrad and what we can learn from source evidence (photographs) about how the battle was fought. Includes caption competition plenary.

Lesson examining what life was like for women and children in Nazi Germany including education in schools, curriculum etc and the expectations for women.

Lesson examining Operation Barbarossa asking to pupils to 'flesh out' the reasons why Hitler invaded Russia and the implications of his mistakes. Plenary as caption competition for cartoons depicting operation barbarossa.

Lesson examining life in Nazi Germany for young people examining both boys and girls and the types of activities they would complete. Pupils can be challenged to hyptothesise about what this might mean in the future e.g. what age would these people be by the time WW2 breaks out?